Abstract:This dissertation is the milestone that ends a mission …and that opens the door to many others. We started this mission in 2019, and we are closing now in 2021. I say we (in the plural!) because I did not arrive, and I would never arrive here alone! And to those who were with me in body or spirit, those who brought me here, I thank you immensely... First of all my little black girls, my wife Amanda and my daughters Laura and Gabriela, because they are the ones that provide me with the happiness and daily joy t… Show more
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